The main roadblock that holds most people from following their passion is MONEY.

That’s what gives the paycheck its dominant power over our dreams.

If money was not an option, most people would quit or change their careers in pursuit of their passions.

But in reality, the biggest question is still, “How can my passion put food on the table so that I can switch to do it full time?”

Money is important. And it makes our passionate living easier.

However, there is a very powerful alternative for money.

Almost all successful people used this alternative, because they all start their success quest lacking enough money.

They use this alternative to create something that will attract money in large amounts later on.

The good news is that we all own this alternative. It is totally under our control. It is always there under our command to unleash and use at any time.

This powerful alternative is CREATIVE IDEAS.

I believe that you are only one idea away from realizing your full potential and turning your
passion into a wildly profitable venture.

One bold crazy idea can generate mega buzz in your market that turns your passion into a
worldwide sensation.

Here are 10 ways to find such creative ideas that turn your passion into profits:

1. Simplify the Complicated

That’s creativity in its best form. An obvious example is the kitchen machinery. Businesses in this field look for ways to make the most complicated cooking tasks simple.

2. Doing the Ordinary in an Extraordinary Way

Look for ways to do something in a better, faster, easier or cheaper way. Reach the same results in a totally unexpected way.

For example, when e-books were born in 1971, the first steps of Project Gutenberg, they

revolutionized the way of reading, writing and sharing knowledge.

They provided an extraordinary alternative to reading paper books. Now with advance technology, you can instantly download and read a bestselling book on a magical device like the iPad or Kindle. – something that adds an extraordinary touch to your reading experience.

That was all started because of an idea to turn published books into digital format.

3. Act on your ideas

Action initiates momentum and attracts even more creative ideas. Have you ever suffered from the unpleasant experience of seeing your ideas come to life in the hands of someone else?!

If you’ve got an idea, test it immediately on the smallest scale possible.

Who knows? That small test can turn into a mega success.

4. Curiosity

You got to have an intense interest in people and things.

French novelist and author, Marcel Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

A friend of mine once wrote an amazing article on his Facebook profile entitled “The first timer”.

The idea was very simple. He encouraged people to experience everything as if it is their first time. That’s a baby approach towards life.

5. Find Solution to a Problem

Who has a problem you know how to solve? State clearly the problem you wish to solve and put it in the form of a question.

Your mind is the most powerful research device ever created.

I always rely on the principle that says, “Ask and you shall receive”. If you ask the right questions, you’ll receive the right answers.

This is how I created the P.A.S. Technique, the world’s easiest way to find your passion and purpose in life.

I asked myself, “How can I create a technique that allows people to find their life’s purpose in the fastest and easiest way possible and without asking any sort of reflection or soul searching questions?”

6. Travel

“Change of scenery will beget a change of thought” – Barbara J. Winter, author of Making a
Living Without a Job.

Travel to new places. Experience new cultures. Look for new business ideas that you don’t
have at home.

7. Expose Yourself to New Ideas:

Expose yourself to ideas from a different field and see whether you can adapt them to your
field.

Recently, I started reading national geographic and try to find creative analogies between nature’s and world’s news and the motivation and personal development field.

This led to writing several creative articles that my readers liked a lot.

Examples of articles I recently wrote that way are: “How Can You Live Smarter With 30,000 Lenses Per Eye?”, “How Can a Lost Leopard Help You Create a Better Future?” and “How Can This Unbelievable NASA Discovery Increase Your Chances To Live Your Passion?”

8. Calming Activities

In the animation movie Kung Fu Panda, I remember a scene where master Oogway was teaching master Shifo an important lesson saying, “When your mind is agitated it becomes difficult to see. But when you let it settle, the answer becomes clear.”

9. Brainstorm or Form a Mastermind Group

Brainstorm creative ideas with a group of friends or form a mastermind group of up to 5 people who either share the same passion or pursue different passions.

Gather on a regular basis and discuss creative ideas that boost your passion and profits.

10. Become a Trend-Watcher

It’s been said that it is always easier to ride the horse in the direction the horse is going.

Watch the new trends in your community. Notice what is happening in your world, what changes are evolving in your society and what new problems that are arising.

This way you can tap into hot trends and make huge profits by being the first to provide or introduce new technologies, services or solutions.

These are 10 of the most powerful ways to find creative ideas.

Implement one or more approaches and you’ll never feel the lack of money again. A solid well investigated idea can attract huge amounts of money.

That’s how all successful people started – with ONE creative idea that took their market by surprise, they turned their passions into a worldwide sensation.

What is your ONE IDEA? Find it and you’ll find your breakthrough.

It would be AWESOME if you shared your thoughts in the comments below

What’s holding you back from pursuing your dreams?

What have you discovered works to stimulate great ideas for you?

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Mohamed Tohami is a bestselling author and the creator of “The P.A.S. Technique: The World’s Easiest Way To Find Your Passion and Purpose In Life”. If you want to set your heart & soul free from the prison of the paycheck and discover how to proudly follow your passion, give a visit to his Transformational Motivation blog now.

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I agree with you, David, numbers 1 and 2 are great tips. I also like the idea of creativity that you added. It is out of that human capacity that futures are imagined, companies are built up out of nothing, new ideas lead to great innovations.

People tend to make living their passion so complicated and wonder HOW they’ll do it, skipping the basic step that you’ve pointed out: WHAT is the idea that’s going to take them there?

Doing what you love is one thing but, in order to make money at it, we have to solve someone else’s problem. Once that’s nailed, the how will fall into place.

These are some great ideas for coming up with our own great ideas. I find that meditation, yoga and long walks are great ways to allow those ideas to bubble up.Paige Burkes | simple mindfulness recently posted … Where Is Your Happy Place?

So true, Paige. I believe than in order to turn your passion into a worldwide sensation is to take your market by surprise. A surprise in terms of epic work & value and in terms of unique experience too.M. Tohami recently posted … The Secret To Creating Epic Work

Hi Paige, While answering the “why” question will help motivate us forward and give us incentive and cause for sustained effort through inevitable obstacles, knowing what to do is also an important part of the process. If we haven’t found that idea we’re passionate about, even the “why” will be hard to answer. But more fundamentally, there will be no direction because we won’t know what we’re going to pursue in the first place. Mohamed shares an essential first step with us here.

You’ve compiled great ideas for coming up with ideas that fuel our passion and make money.
this quote grabbed me:
French novelist and author, Marcel Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
Thanks for a fine post….Franfran sorin recently posted … Five Tips On How To Embrace Forgiveness

I like that too, Fran. The way I see it, having “new eyes” is looking differently at a problem or set of circumstances. It’s stepping out of our patterns and habit of thought and trying on a new perspective. It’s thinking out of the box and thinking about untried ways of doing things. Some of the most successful people in almost every industry have started by thinking about entertainment or production or customer service in ways others weren’t.

Thanks for underscoring that awesome quote! I wonder how we can apply it to blogging?

So true. How many people have given up on their dreams just because they need to earn a paycheck to live? I think this is why you find so many rock bands that lived in their vans while they tried to make it big. It’s just so hard to both pursue your passion and work towards your dreams at the same time.

I’ve come up with some great ideas in the past. Many times it turns out someone else already thought of it and has done it. That make me think I’m on the right track though so I just keep searching. You have some great tips to keep me going.Steve recently posted … 6 Ways to Find More Exciting Experiences

If only for time machines! My dad came up with an idea once that he seriously thought about developing. He delayed acting on it and one day we saw a commercial for a version of it being advertized on TV!

Great ideas are great, but not enough. We also have to act on them. But as you’ve found out, we also have to have them at the right time! Good luck with future awesome ideas, Steve!

Thanks for sharing your useful tips! I think that traveling should be the most energizing activity to stay creative and get some inspiration! Sometimes, the only way is to get out o stuck, when we step out of our comfort zones to get a wider view of the situation.Julie recently posted … lumineers london

Thanks for the comment here, Julie. There are so many different ways to get inspiration. Nature is one of my favorites. And while I’ve done some traveling (Japan and Taiwan), I haven’t done much in recent years. Thanks for the reminder (both Julie and Mohamed)!

Thank you for sharing these ideas on discovering creativity. It’s little wonder that creativity inspires us to achieve great results, but the difficulty is not using it once it’s there, it’s finding it in the first place.

Too often, people will let their beliefs hold them back when it comes to ‘dreaming big’ – why bother dreaming when there’s too much going on in our lives right now? Why change something that is working fine so far? Why bother climbing a tree when the occasional fruit drops onto the ground?

Of course, there is nothing ‘wrong’ with these questions – it’s possible to live life based on survival and routine. But for those that choose this path, there is always a chance that their dreams, their creative instinct will call for them. That it will ask them to do something they’re scared of doing, or to start planning for bigger dreams and experiences. Though it may be quiet, the creative instinct will appear from time to time.

Stu at his eloquent best! Love everything you said here, my friend. There is that nagging “what if …” that lingers in the back of our minds when we accept the routine of a life led in rote and habit. What if things could be better? What if I was meant for more? What if I could have done so much more with my life? Such questions do pop up from time to time over the course of a lifetime. So you’re right that we would do well to listen to those clarion calls to step up to a life of meaning and purpose.

Happy to meet you here! I believe people will tap into their natural creativity, if they realize that staying in their comfort zone long enough will lead to stagnation, right?M. Tohami recently posted … The Secret To Creating Epic Work

I agree Tohami, although for a few people, the fear of leaving their comfort is so great that they stay and avoid risk altogether! These people completely stagnate, to the point where more fears (social anxiety, anorexia, etc) begin to develop.Stuart – Limitless Believing recently posted … Introduction To Limitless Believing

Sometimes we want to see the immediate effect of our efforts and if we don’t see the fruit instantaneously spring forth from the seed we only planted the day before, we throw up our hands in disgust and walk away convinced we were scammed.

You’re so right to point out the need for patience, Noch. We need it to be able to watch the sometimes very slow process of growth and maturation as we daily water the soil of our lives.

So often, the growth that begins as we apply some new strategy or work at developing a new trait begins below the surface, where it can’t be obviously seen. And sometimes, after years of living one way, there is even some negative feelings associated with the new way of doing things. And so we dig up the seed and toss it in the trash thinking we now know the thing was no good. So patience is certainly a needed ingredient as we learn to take our lives in new directions.

I so identify with travelling. Though I haven’t travelled muxh, but whenever I have I find myself much more productive in terms of work and I am more willing to take risks. Maybe the de-stressing has done the trick or maybe the mind opens up to newer ideas but yes travelling can bring a lot of good changes in a person. It opens your senses to newer experiences, newer cultures, newer ways of living and thus we learn to adapt to trying out different ways in life and work in general.Hajra recently posted … Will they call you over for a Bloggers Party?

I love traveling and staying in hotels. I dream that one day I can easily live in a hotel! There is something interesting i found…there are ~200,000 people are searching Google monthly for the term “how to live in a hotel”. isn’t it interesting?!M. Tohami recently posted … The Secret To Creating Epic Work

Interesting! What does one mean by “how” to live in a hotel? I mean, are they focusing on the financial aspect of it? Could make for an interesting study somehow!Hajra recently posted … Will they call you over for a Bloggers Party?

I’m the same, Hajra. Haven’t traveled much, but have learned and grown so much from the little travel I’ve done. Really, the only two times I’ve traveled outside my country has been to Japan for 6 weeks and Taiwan fro 2 years. Both were great opportunities to acquire new insight and develop new skills and grow in countless other ways. I’m grateful for the opportunities.

As a matter of fact, I felt the growth form traveling was so important that we sent our daughter around the world with a student ambassador group as a young teen. She’s been to China, France, Australia, Spain, Germany and Switzerland. We could’t afford the latest fashions and gadgets AND life-shaping experiences, so we chose to give her the latter. Given the person she has grown to be, I think we chose very well. 🙂

But yes, travelling not only makes us grow and develop our insights and experiences but we learn to grow as a person because we see how different the world is, the people are and we learn to appreciate those differences. That bring tolerance in us I feel; other culture and traditions are seen for what they are and not for what we perceive it to be. The first hand experience is highly effective.Hajra recently posted … Will they call you over for a Bloggers Party?

While it’s true my daughter has been to a lot of countries, I may have given the wrong impression (oops!). Really, she’s only gone on three trips. One trip consisted of visiting 4 of those countries (the European trip). But what she learned being out there experiencing other cultures first hand, as you say, certainly left its mark.

Thanks Mohamed. She does. She’s really one of the best people I’ve ever met. So loving and thoughtful and creative and kind. And while I couldn’t pinpoint any one thing we did to guide her down that path, I think everything together has had a positive influence.

I really enjoyed your post, Mohamed. I think that people struggle with the idea that you can make money at something you love. Almost as if the money will taint the process. I agree that you can do both! I’m trying! : ) Love your list of tips! I’m going to have my husband read this next.

I so agree with you, Betsy! So many people see money as the root of all evil and that it would indeed taint what they love to subject it to the market. But I also so disagree with that notion. Money is nothing more than a collective signature of value placed on something other people want and see value in. If I recognize value in something, I’m willing to trade something I value for it. But since I can’t trade 30 minutes of my skill level for 15 minutes of your skill, I trade the dollar value of 30 minutes of my skills for the dollar value of 15 minutes of yours instead. That’s all it is. If more people value the skill, it will take more of other people’s skills to equal it, or a higher dollar amount.

That’s how I see it anyway. 🙂

Love your comment, Betsy. Mohamed wrote a piece worthy of sharing, for sure!

I can’t agree more with you Ken. Money is a sign of your market reach and impact. Money is all about value EXCHANGE. If people don’t perceive your value well, then there is no exchange and there is no impact.

Thanks Betsy. I’m glad you liked it. I believe if more people know how to make more money doing what they love, the world will be a much better place. Don’t you think so too? Thanks for sharing with your husband. Sharing is caring 🙂M. Tohami recently posted … The Secret To Creating Epic Work

Passion is such an important part of life. It adds zest to living, making every morning an anticipated opportunity to get accomplish something more. People who are passionate don;t waste hours and hours on TV and other meaningless non-activities. They are driven to get back to that which they are passionate about.

But I think at least equal to the passion has to be direction, or a moral context to drive the passion. In other words, passion disconnected from character is dangerous. So having a well-tuned moral compass is an essential precondition for living a life of passion.

Thanks for the comment, Gitana. I think about what life would be like without passion for anything. That would not be a life I would ask for.

So true, Imogen! As a matter of fact, the more value you provide another, the more likely you convert the customer into a follower and even into a proselytizer. Those looking for a quick score loses a valuable opportunity for that conversion which will produce way more long term profits.

To be honest with you this post has helped me a lot in this short time of just reading this post because before reading this post I thought that I was the only person who felt that way as you described (proud to announce that I am a self-help book and romance novel writer who has written 5 books) eager to say that I have just signed a contract with Tate publishers for the production of my first book entitled Every known situation the antidote to unbalance thinking (only 1,000 dollars away from seeing this book (reinvented) professional book cover/professionally edited/professionally advertised to target audience (how can I earn extra money to pay this difference at a quicker pace (are their creative writing grants out their that I can sign up for — please help us the best way that you can)? May God bless you and keep you (until we talk again)

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